The Irish standard., 1887-02-26

first the master of The chain and filling
conjured from his loom, in all it,
shadowy magnifcence and cameleon-likt
insecurity OF hue, the now forlorn ane
neglected tab1net-these, together will
, the glitter of cottage windows through
the towering and close mantled hedges
of black briar--periwinkle, primrose
hawthorn and red blossomed snuff weed
the virgin meadow-sweet, wild straw
Eerriess, wild hearts ease, and dog
! roses; the wreathing Of the light blue
smoke through the humble chimney
which gave All involuntary feeling O
comfort to the spectator-the flax garden
with its delicate stems and pale-blue
Aower-the ridges drills were then IN
known) of early white eyes, already de-
lighting the eye with their white, purple
and peach-colored blossoms-all re.
freshing the organs Of smell with 8
sweetness which (but perhaps, that was
the result of association we have vain
ly sought to mate among the exotics o1
X Kensington-these, say, presented q
beautifully vanegated and gigantic tab
let, over which many mountain stream
unrolled it's sparkling scroll, intersecting
the superfce at a thousand fantastic
angles.
On the other side lay bog on which
many groups of peasantry were OBJ
served at work-some footing, OF raising
the sods of turf on end, for the purpose
Of drying more rapidly; some cutting
the material fresh from the mass with
their slanes others shaping sods from
the soft pulpy soil with their hands
others again tossing the dry turf into q
rail, sort of vehicle fastened in car
Cor cart), for the purpose Of having it
conveyed home, and built up into a
snug reek as a provision against the
winter-while the driver stood near the
horses head, lazily looking on, his cord
whip tied sashwlse across his shoulder,
and whistling the keen -the-eawn, in a
loud, full, and melodious tone. to The
dropping and weary animal, who ex~
pressed his pleasure at the attention, by
a gentle osclllating motion of the ears,
as he mused over handful p1uched
from the nearest hedge, kindness
which in all probability he appreciated
still more highly than the music.
The occasional shrill scream Of nest
ing snipe, startled from its rushy hid
ing place by the too near approach Of
some hostile footstep--the merry barking
Of the ours Of the hamlet, as they gam
boiled, in feigning warfare, in the sun
shine-the "thrup, thrup!' Of the milk
maid. aswith spancel and can in hand,
she summoned the COWS from their dis
tant pasture, to deposit their evening
tribute at the farmers door-the kindly
lowing of the docile animals, as they
turned from their fodder, and with ma
tronly and gentle pace, obeyed the we'll
known voice of the sumnoner-the oc-
casional snatch of wild and merry bal
lad from some pleasantly disposed
individual of the laborious group in the
bog--the loud though distant peal OF
laughter that cheered hin, in his exer-
tions-the shrill and solita ry cackling Of
some forlorn goose, that had Jagged,
like miching urchiu, behind the focky
and now lost sight OF it's companions
the droning sound of the little boys
reeds cut from the green corn stems,
and slit in the manner of fageolet-
the plaintive and monotonous cry of
some wren's~man Or yellow hammer,
that, compelled to forsake it's nest,
tainted by the touch OF some prying
school boy, mourned its desolation on
some lofty thorn--the occasional shrilly
shouting Of group Of sturdy boys at
their game of evening goal or hurly- the
sweet and murmuring voices Of the peas
ant girls on the side Of the distant stream,
some washing the skeogh Cor boat
basket, full of potatoes for their evening
meal, end sometimes in merry mood,
shaking the crusheen with a gesture of
menace at the lads On the other side;
others beetling their linen on a smooth
stone, and others again spreading the
already whitened garments upon the
yellow and blooming furze bushes-those
formed the principal points Of sight and
of sound which were scattered over the
face of the landscape, while the whole
was spanned by soft blue sky
chequered with fakes of white and Grim
son vapor, and rendered still more love-
ly by the loaded serenity that was in the
air.
Touched by the tender beauty of the
scene which lay before him, and still
more by the recollections which it
awakened within his soul, Suil Dhuy
prolonged his pause to degree which
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